October 16, 2021
Important Update: Tentative Agreement Reached – Strike Averted
Late Saturday, President Matt Loeb and the 13 Hollywood Locals announced that the IATSE has tentatively agreed to terms and conditions for the 2021 Basic and Videotape Agreements. Everything achieved was because you, the members, stood up and gave us the power to change the course of these negotiations. Our solidarity, at both the leadership and rank and file level, was the primary reason that no local was left behind and every priority was addressed. Because of you we realized:
- Living wage achieved
- Improved wages and working conditions for streaming
- Retroactive scale wage Increases of 3% annually
- Employer Funded Benefits for the term
- Increased meal period penalties including prevailing rate
- Daily Rest Periods of 10 hours without exclusions
- Weekend Rest Periods of 54 and 32 hours
- Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday Holiday
- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Initiatives
- 13th and 14th checks for pre-August 2009 retirees
- Additional MPI Hours for On-Call Employees
- Expansion of Sick Leave Benefit to the entire country
Your local will provide more detailed information over the next few days. The Memorandum of Agreement will be available when drafting is completed. We are currently working out the details of the electronic ratification process.
Your strike authorization vote, your preparation for a strike and your willingness to risk your livelihood to fight for yourselves and each other has profoundly changed our union.
We thank you for your unwavering support.
In Solidarity,
